Environmental management

Sustainable management of natural resources is an urgent need, given the changing climatic conditions of Earth systems.

Protecting Watershed Areas: Case of the Panama Canal provides foresters, hydrologists, and park managers with a case study of the Panama Canal watershed area to help you make the most of your efforts in protecting ecological areas.

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023The Sunday Times Science Book of the YearAs seen on Countryfile'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary PrizeTemperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspiring Celtic druids, Welsh wizards, Romantic poets, and Arthur Conan Doyle's most loved creations.

'Sprinkled with humour and warmth' Cathy Bramley'Hilariously funny .

This book outlines, within the Italian national framework, the current and potential paths oriented towards a new concept of Architectural Heritage, through actions referring to Innovation and Experimentation and Protection and Transformation of the Architectural Heritage.

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world.

Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future.

The Frackers by Gregory Zuckerman, bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever, tells the untold story of the tycoons behind the US fracking controversy.

What happens when vast population growth endangers the world's food supplies?

The book offers a comprehensive account of how the world evolved to its present state in which humans now exercise a powerful, in many cases dominant, influence for global environmental change.

With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the world has a food problem - or thinks it does.

Pesticides and Pollution examines the problems of pollution of air, land, river, and the sea, by herbicides, pesticides, sewage, industrial effluents, gases, radiation, leakages, over-drainage, mistakes and mismanagement, in Britain today.

The soil is one of the great unsung disappearing resources, with over 100m tonnes being destroyed every year.

Can't tell a Gin Fizz from a Gimlet?

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'A subject that could not be more important.

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

Electric power is essential for the lives and livelihoods of all Americans, and the need for electricity that is safe, clean, affordable, and reliable will only grow in the decades to come.

Since its inception in 1977 from an amalgam of federal authorities, the U.

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, many in the New York City area have become concerned about the possible consequences of a similar attack on the Indian Point nuclear power plantslocated about 40 miles from Manhattan, and have made calls for their closure.

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The construction of nuclear power plants in the United States is stopping, as regulators, reactor manufacturers, and operators sort out a host of technical and institutional problems.

The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.

This book addresses the process and actions for developing enhanced capabilities to analyze energy policy issues and perform strategic planning activities at the U.

This book contains 11 papers that review the extant information about the Colorado River from an ecosystem perspective and serve as the basis for discussion of the use of ecosystem/earth science information for river management and dam operations.

This book addresses remedial action and waste management problems that the DOE and the nation are now facing that are the result of 50 years of nuclear weapons development and testingproblems that require a reengineering of systems and a reexamination of the scientific, engineering, and institutional barriers to achieving cost-effective and safe stewardship of the nation's resources.

The establishment of the U.

The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers.

Rainforests are rapidly being cleared in the humid tropics to keep pace with food demands, economic needs, and population growth.

This book reviews and evaluates the scientific basis of U.

Tremendous changes have occurred this century in the nation's coastal habitats, in the way society views them, and in the way they are managed.

This book responds to a congressional request to evaluated criteria by which land is acquired under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The Hawaiian Crow, or 'Alala, once an inhabitant of large forested areas of Hawaii, is now found only in the wild in a relatively small area of the central Kona coast.

This volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it.

The question of whether the earth's climate is changing in some significant human-induced way remains a matter of much debate.

This book assesses the current state of the field in a number of potential applications and discusses technologies for which concentrated solar energy might be utilized.

This book reviews current work and assesses the state of the art in potential applications of concentrated solar energy in nonelectric areas, such as water and waste treatment, photochemical processes, and materials processing.

This volume, a collection of seven essays by individuals prominent in the water resources field, commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Water Science and Technology Board.

How can high-growth areas such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America sustain agricultural production for current and future generations?

This book reviews the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service.

This book discusses the results of the transects program, which involves compilations of maps and cross sections showing geological, geophysical, and geochemical data and interpretations along 23 transects from the continental craton to the oceanic lithosphere around North America.

Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.

The National Academies' National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could improve its Environmental Quality RD portfolio.

The American West faces many challenges, but none is more important than the challenge of managing its water.

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This study was undertaken in recognition of the critical role played by the Energy Resources Program (ERP) of the U.

This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil.

Renewable Power Pathways is the result of a study by the National Research Council (NRC) Committee for the Programmatic Review of the Office of Power Technologies (OPT) review of the U.